Two-Layer River Driver's Shirt®, Traditional Fit Henley

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Traditional Fit The tried-and-true classic L.L.Bean fit is relaxed through the chest, sleeves and waist.

Please note Since this shirt is a duofold construction (the cotton and wool are knitted together), it will shrink in the dryer. For best results, please machine wash in cold water. Reshape and dry flat.

Traditional Fit The tried-and-true classic L.L.Bean fit is relaxed through the chest, sleeves and waist.

Please note Since this shirt is a duofold construction (the cotton and wool are knitted together), it will shrink in the dryer. For best results, please machine wash in cold water. Reshape and dry flat.

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Rated 1 out of 5 by marcsel Poor Quality
The shirt shrank a least a full size in 1 cold water wash.
May 17, 2015

Rated 5 out of 5 by LuckyGrampa Old Shirt
I was at our hunting camp this weekend and looking at some old photos. There was one of me with a cast on my ankle from 1992. I was wearing my red 2 layer river driver shirt and I still have it. The thing is not ragged any place although kind of faded. I save it for the coldest days of which we seem to have many in northern Vermont. This shirt is at least 22 years old.
May 3, 2015

Rated 3 out of 5 by Linda2279 Looked good before washing
My husband was complaining about not have any warm shirts...I noticed that this shirt was a double layer...hmm...must be warm.
My husband is 6'5...a tall man ...so ordered this shirt along with other warm shirts...did not notice the washing instructions...washed on warm and put in the dryer...it shrank so much that I hide the shirt...next time I will read the reviews
April 29, 2015

Rated 4 out of 5 by TheOtherRegularJoe Hopefully this will help...
So, I've had this shirt for about 5 months now. I started out with some sizing issues that I resolved and I recently took it with me on a vacation trip with a variety of weather and I think I can now write a review that may help people out in terms of the good and the bad about this shirt.
So, let's get the bad out of the way to start with and just deal with this right up front. The shirt is called a two-layer shirt and the two layers are cotton and wool. Hello, it's gonna shrink, and if you're a normal guy don't try to tell me your going to "reshape and dry flat". Nonsense, you're going to throw it in the dryer with the rest of your stuff. When you do that, it's going to shrink. So, here is what I found works, I buy up one size and wash it in cold water and throw it in the dryer. It shrinks down a full size after a few washes and then it stops shrinking. You do have to give it a bit of a stretch after each wash to loosen it up, but washable wool stuff is like that. If you can get over that you get to the good stuff.
And the good stuff is really good. Think of the best of both worlds, cotton on the inside, wool on the outside. So, why does this matter? I found out when I was on a boat where the weather went from low 60's cloudy and damp to sunny and mid 70's within the span of about 2 hours. This shirt works so well because the cotton on the inside is soft and it has little tiny holes in it so it breathes and you don't overheat. On the outside the wool does some amazing stuff. First, it is better in a little bit of rain than cotton, I.e. It doesn't just soak instantly, second it is surpringly wind resistant, which you don't get with cotton, third it insulates much better than cotton, fourth it breathes when it gets hot, and last but not least, it resists odor better than cotton. I wore this thing on and off for four days. Granted I wasn't doing anything too strenuous on vacation but normally a 100% cotton shirt is a one and done wear for me.
Top that all off wth the fact that the shirt looks good. Fits well in the chest. It has an unstructured bottom that doesn't cling to your pants and it's not too long so it hangs right. Don't wear this shirt tucked in; that's just wrong.
For sizing reference, I'm 5'8" and weigh 155 lbs and I buy a large and let it shrink down. Works like a charm. I only found that out by buying a medium first time around and not being able to wear it after I washed it for the first time. But llbean exchanged it no problem like they always do - I love that!
Net/net, great shirt if you're willing to be realistic about what you're buying and how you're going to care for it. Regardless of what the label says, c'mon don't kid yourself, you're going to throw it in the dryer.
April 25, 2015

Rated 2 out of 5 by MaineResident207 Not what it used to be.
I have owned several of these shirts over the past 4-5 years and received another one at Christmas as a gift. My older shirts wore and washed well. I was able to dry them in the dryer and they resisted shrinkage and fading. Loved these shirts as they were rugged and not "itchy" at all. The new one I received at Christmas looked nice out of the package, but after 1 washing and drying, shrunk considerably, especially at the hem on the bottom to the point I could no longer tuck it in. The material wasn't as soft as my previous shirts either. I returned the shirt to the Freeport store with no problems and received great customer service as always, but I am hoping that LL Bean will return to the previous manufacturer and bring back what once was a great product. I understand that in order to save on costs manufacturer's change over time, but quality shouldn't suffer. I would be happy to pay more for the original shirts because they were worth it.
April 23, 2015

Rated 1 out of 5 by Tarheel24 Disappointed
Bought 2 of these shirts back in the Fall. They were great in the beginning. They both have shrinked to be unwearable for me. Taking them to the thrift store.
March 19, 2015

Rated 5 out of 5 by SunbeltGirl My husband absolutely loves this shirt!
In fact, he likes it so much, when they went on sale he wanted another one.
He also suggested I get my dad and brother one which I did.
It's warm but not hot. The blend is soft and very comfortable.
March 6, 2015

Rated 5 out of 5 by EastTennessean1 Did the Fit Change?
I want to start out by saying that these shirts are great. I buy a new one just about every year if I can catch them on the daily mark-down for $20-$30. I just purchased one this past week and it is a much slimmer fit than the others that I have. I am 6 feet and 160 lbs. and a small in the "traditional fit" is perfect as long as I don't machine dry them. This last shirt has a MUCH slimmer fit through the shoulders, chest and waist. The waist is even a little shorter. It's as if they stuck an S on a size XS. I'm fairly slim so it fits well enough that I'm going to keep it but I was very surprised. If this is the new fit for these shirts I will need to move my size UP to a medium and those of you who sizing based on previous orders may consider doing the same. I will say however that the shirt is more true to size with this recent fit than it was previously. I have always ordered down a size and I guess now I can just stick to medium which according to the size charts is what I am. I am just used to LL Bean shirts running a size large and have gotten used to ordering accordingly.
March 1, 2015

Rated 5 out of 5 by RDud Great shirt (but a few odd ones)
I really love these shirts, Over
the past three or four years I bought
8 of them! six of the Henley style
and two with a collar. I like the
Henley style better, and in the winter
that is pretty much all I wear,
I normally wear medium long which are
great for me, Unfortunately I found
that the most recent ones I bought
were not quite up to the normal high
standard. On one the neck seam to
shoulder seam distance was 1/2 inch
longer on one side than on the other. The
second one seems to have been
mislabeled as the sleeves are too short,
In spite of these problems I love these
shirts.
February 23, 2015

Rated 1 out of 5 by AMelott Itchy and Shrinky
I loved these shirts. They now itch a lot and shrink substantially in one washing. I won't be buying any more until they change manufacturers (again?).
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February 19, 2015